United States

Researchers say a strain of bacteria discovered at the bottom of New York's Hudson River that might serve as an cleaning agent to get rid of a common pollutant.

November 7, 2002 - National Geographic

A report by the National Audubon Society warns that changing ecosystems have lead to a decline in the populations of a quarter of the U.S. bird species.

November 7, 2002 - National Geographic

Frances Cairncross explains how opening up international immigration could benefit economic growth.

November 7, 2002 - The Economist

Posters meant to inform riders about crime control devices scare some commuters.

November 7, 2002 - Wired

A complete list of all 93 local and state measures for conservation and parks is available from Land Vote 2002, a service of LTA and TPL.

November 6, 2002 - The Trust for Public Land

Is rural residential development is a net fiscal loss for county governments? Planning & Markets features research about this question.

November 6, 2002 - Planning and Markets

With the cheap flight boom in the UK continuing, the UK government looks like having an uphill battle with some of its airport expansion proposals.

November 5, 2002 - The Guardian Unlimited

A Maori tribe in New Zealand has halted construction of a multimillion dollar highway because it is too close to the home of a "swamp monster" capable of causing traffic deaths.

November 5, 2002 - CNN

Danger lies in the potential roll out of a new Walmart convenience-store (C-store) prototype.

November 5, 2002 - REIS

Critics complain that an executive order by President Bush speeds up environmental reviews of transportation projects to help Republican candidates.

November 5, 2002 - ABC News

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced an initial list of seven transportation construction projects around the country that will receive accelerated environmental review under President Bush's executive order.

November 5, 2002 - U.S. Department Of Transportation

Bruce Katz identifies the key challenges the smart-growth movement needs to address if it is going to succeed.

November 5, 2002 - The Brookings Institution

The Globe and Mail compares Los Angeles and Toronto and asks how large a city can get before it starts to fall apart. Does LA's secession foreshadow things to come?

November 4, 2002 - The Globe

Secession efforts in the nation's second-largest city appear doomed to failure.

November 4, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Allowing deregulated telecommunications companies the power of eminent domain to build-out the "Information Superhighway" abrogates the Constitutional contract of just compensation.

November 4, 2002 - Planning and Markets

Who wins and who loses after selfish development decisions are tallied?

November 4, 2002 - Planetizen

According to this New York Times book review, Keith Bradsher's book, "High and Mighty: SUV - The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way" is sobering, infuriating and necessary.

November 4, 2002 - The New York Times

Over the next eight years, EU member governments will double the amount of rail linking EU countries and introduce higher-speed trains traveling up to 217 miles per hour.

November 4, 2002 - Business Week

Hans Lind, writing in the academic journal, Planning & Markets, identifies the five specific types of market-oriented planning.

November 3, 2002 - Planning and Markets

The November 2002 issue of Carfree Times is now available.

November 3, 2002 - Carfree Times